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1 970 annual exhibition contemporary american sculpture december 12,1 970— february 7, 1 971

whitney museum of american art 945 madison avenue, new york

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Robert Hudson

Lyman Kipp

Dream
Gauge

foreword

The Whitney Museum's Annual Exhibitions of
Contemporary American Art have been held, in one
form or another, since 1932. Work is selected
by the Museum's staff and is invited, not juried.
Following a tradition established by Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney when the Museum was founded,
no prizes are given; instead, a number of works
are usually purchased from each Annual for the
Museum's permanent collection. Today the
exhibitions are devoted to painting and to sculpture
in alternate years.

The purpose of the Annuals has always been to
survey the current state of American art. Hence
only recent works are shown. Hence, too, the
geographical coverage is as wide as the Museum
can make it. Aided by a Ford Foundation grant,
the Museum's curators travel extensively to search
out the most interesting paintings and sculpture
being produced in various parts of the country.

But it has become more apparent every year
that an exhibition of this size can no longer even
approximate a cross section of the creative trends
of the moment. The growing number of serious
artists, the growing size of their works, and the
growing tendency of both painting and sculpture to
escape their traditionally-self-contained limits
and become events in the environment— all militate
against the possibility of a "fair" survey. Increas-
ingly we have elected to concentrate (insofar as we
are physically able) on presenting those new
directions which seem to us to be generating the
most creative excitement, as well as representing
those established artists whose work has
deepened, grown or changed in ways that
contribute more than a repetition of past success
to the development of our contemporary art.

John I. H. Baur, Director

whitney museum of american art

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Flora Whitney Miller, Chairman
David M. Solinger, President
Flora Miller Irving, Vice President

Alan H. Temple, Secretary and Treasurer

Arthur G.AItschul

John I. H. Baur

Armand G. Erpf

B. H. Friedman

Lloyd Goodrich

W. Barklie Henry

Susan Morse Hilles

Michael H. Irving

Howard W. Lipman

G. Macculloch Miller

Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller

Robert W.Sarnoff

Benno C. Schmidt

William M. White, Jr.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Founder
Stephen E. Weil, Assistant Secretary

MUSEUM STAFF

John I. H. Baur, Director
Lloyd Goodrich, Advisory Director
Stephen E. Weil, Administrator
Robert M. Doty, Curator
Margaret McKellar, Executive Secretary
and Registrar

James K. Monte, Associate Curator

Marcia Tucker, Associate Curator

Elke Solomon, Assistant Curator of Prints

Libby W. Seaberg, Librarian

Elizabeth Tweedy, Research and Cataloguer

David Hupert, Head, Education Department

Leon Levine, Public Relations

Margaret M. Watherston, Conservator

Wilbur C. Ashman, Controller
Althea Borden, Personnel Supervisor
Sally J. Kuhn, Executive Secretary,
Friends of the Whitney Museum
Doris Wilk Palca, Sales & Information
Marie Appleton

John Murray, Building Manager
John E. Martin, Head Preparator
Robert F. Clark, Chief Security Officer

Barbara Chase-Riboud The Ultimate Ground

All addresses are in New York City unless otherwise

noted. The number in parentheses following address

indicates artist's dealer as listed under "Galleries."

Unless otherwise noted dimensions are in inches, height

preceding length or width.

Three works included in the exhibition are located

outside of the Museum. The locations are included in the

catalogue listing.

Most of the works in the exhibition are for sale. Prices

are available at the Information Desk.

1 Alice Adams b.1930

246 Bowery

Leaning Wall Wood, rubber

96x48x5 illus. p. 51

2 Peter Agostini b.1913

151 Avenue B (29 and 38)
Ten Reinforced hydrocal
48x72

3 Carl Andre b.1 935

Box 540 Cooper Station
Tau Wood
48x36x12

4 Stephen Antonakos b. 1 926
435 West Broadway (12)
Untitled Glass, neon
72 x 48 x 60

5 Robert Arneson b. 1 930

281 West I Street, Benicia, Calif.
Sinking Brick Plates Ceramic
Each unit 22 (diameter) illus. p. 30

6 Richard Artschwager b. 1924
65 East Broadway (4)
Untitled Fiber, wood

6 units 11 x 14x 10each

7 Mel Bochner b.1937
126 Chambers St.
Untitled Mixed Media

6 (size variable)

Bill Bollinger b.1939
Box 111, Hillsdale, N.Y.
Evergreen Joe Hemmis Wood
30x300 (diameter)

9 Louise Bourgeois b.191 1
347 West 20th St. (20)
Noir Veine Marble
23 x 24 x 27 illus. p. 25

10 Marvin Brown b. 1943
171 Spring St.

Wind Sock, Between B and C: A Memorial
Aluminum, masonite, wood
112x74x36

11 Alexander Calder b. 1898
Roxbury, Conn. (27)

The Snuck Sheet Metal
108 (height)

12 Vija Celmins b 1938

701 Venice Blvd., Venice, Calif.
Untitled Wood, enamel
77x24 illus. p. 36

13 John Chamberlain b. 1927

Leo Castelli Gallery, 4 East 77th St.

Coco Wino Welded metal and industrial

paint

58 1/2 x 77 x 60%

14 Barbara Chase-Riboud b.1936

199 Rue de Vauglraud, Paris, France (31)
The Ultimate Ground Aluminum
4x24x19 illus. p. 5

15 Chryssa b.1933
712 Madison Ave.

Birds Aluminum, plexiglas, neon
96x27V2 x39

16 Mary Corse b. 1945

3316 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. (14)
Untitled Fluorescent light, plastic, wood
78 x 66 x 5

1 7 John De Andrea b. 1 941

4646 Grove St., Denver, Colo. (17)

Reclining Figure Polyester resin

polychromed in oil

20x78x20 illus. p. 27

Lent by Mr. and Mrs. David Bermant

18 Jose De Rivera b.1 904

40-40 24th St., Long Island City, N.Y. (2)
Construction No. 127 Stainless steel
18x34x30 illus. p. 59

19 Mark DiSuverob. 1933

195 Front St. (14 and 21)
XDelta Steel
132x216x120

20 John Duff b.1 943

143 Suffolk St. (37)

Tie Piece Cloth, Wood

45x82x72 illus. p. 46

21 Melvin Edwards b.1 937

209 East 2nd St.

Homage to Coco Painted Steel, barbed

wire

48x120x96 illus. p. 18

22 Frederick John Eversley b.1 941

1110 West Washington Blvd., Venice, Calif.
Untitled Polyester resin
36x36x10 illus. p. 60

23 Jackie Ferrara b.1 929
1681/2 DelancySt.

Untitled Cotton batting, rope
78x40x22 illus. p. 24

24 Rafael Ferrer b.1 933

18 East Gorgas La., Philadelphia, Pa. (35)
Untitled Leaves, trees, canvas, charcoal,
rope, ladders
180x180x204 illus. p. 45

25 Dan Flavin b.1 933

Indian Brook Rd., Garrison, N.Y.
Untitled (to the young woman and men
murdered in Kent State and Jackson State
Universities and to their fellow students who
are yet to be killed) Fluorescent light
192x24

26 Mary Frank b.1 933

463 West St. (38)

Soul Catcher Ceramic

31 (height) illus. p. 15

Collection of Mrs. Robert M. Benjamin

27 Richard Friedberg b.1 943
15 Greene St.

Slater's Point Aluminum, polyester resin
18x192x102

28 David Gilhooley b.1 943

2912 McCallum, Regina, Sask., Canada
Battle of the Angels Ceramic
26x10 (diameter) illus. p. 26

29 Robert Graham b.1 938

Sonnabend Gallery, 924 Madison Ave.
Untitled Mixed media
9V2 x 24 x 24 illus. p. 26

30 Nancy Graves b.1 940

164 Mulberry St.

Shaman Latex, steel, muslin, paint

204x144x144 illus. p. 43

38 Daniel La Rue Johnson b. 1938

P.O. Box 101 , Prince St. Station (26)

Ornette Coleman Force Number 1 , Augmented

120x10x21/2

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Scott Griegerb. 1946

8961 Lindley Ave., North Ridge, Calif.
Impersonations Photographs
15 units, each 71/2 x 101/4

Ira Joel Haberb.1 947

105 West 27th St.

Box with House and Six Trees

media

5x12x71/4 illus. p. 33

Mixed

Duane Hanson b.1925

17BleekerSt. (17)

Tourists Fiberglas, polyester polychromed

64x65x47 illus. p. 31

Robert Hubbard b.1928

West Rd., Little Compton, R.I.

Series VIII, Number II Wood, lacquer

36 (length)

Robert Hudson b.1938

P.O. Box 153, Stinson Beach, Calif. (13 & 36)

Dream Steel, wood, aluminum and

thermometer

42x169x241/4 illus. cover

Richard Hunt b.1 935

1503 N. Cleveland Ave., Chicago, III. (9)
Cross Section with Wing Form Steel
60x29x14

Laurace James b.1936

190-A Duane St.

Iron Year Hemp, polypropoline, steel,

wood, manila

(size variable) illus. p. 40

39 Don Juddb. 1928

53 East 19th St. (4)

Untitled Stainless steel, plexiglas

10 units, each 9x40x31 illus. p. 55

40 Lyman Kipp b.1 929

North Salem, N.Y.
Gauge Painted wood
120x48x48 illus. p. 2

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Gabriel Kohnb. 1910

10806 Ventura Blvd., N. Hollywood, Calif.

Ventura XI Wood

20 x 223/4 x18V2

Haydn Larson b.1 946

A Clean Well-Lighted Place,
600 West 12th St., Austin, Texas
Untitled Steel
14x35 illus. p. 47

Marilyn Lerner b.1 942

262 Bowery (19)

Images of Puerto Rico

rubber

24x66 illus. p. 16

Painted wood and

Barry LeVa b.1 941

74 Grand St.

Cleaved Wall Steel and wood

150x360

Mon Levinson b.1 926

Komblee Gallery, 58 East 79th St.
The Source III Cast acrylic
60x120x51/4

46 Jean Under b. 1938
164 Mulberry St.

Dome Number 1 Polyethelene
48x96x96 illus. p. 22

47 Seymour Lipton b.1903
302 W. 98th St. (22)

Bed Nickel silver on monel metal
32V2x 69x36 illus. p. 21

48 Robert Lobe b.1 945

76 Jefferson St. (3)

Untitled Wood and rubber

72x54x12

49 John McCracken b. 1934

20 E. 17th St. (32)

Untitled Wood, fiberglas, polyester resin

93/4 x101/2 x81/4 illus. p. 54

50 James Melchert b.1930

6077 Ocean View Drive, Oakland, Calif.
Pattern for a formal Q Fiberglas
57 (height) illus. p. 35

51 Mary Miss b. 1944

15 Jay Street
Untitled Wood
42 x 240 x 36

52 G. E.Moore b.1 942

300 29th St., Boulder, Colo.
Stuffed Square Rubber, gravel
64x64x16

53 Robert Morris b.1 931

186 Grand St. (4)
Untitled Mixed media
96x144x144

55 Robert Murray b.1 936

66 Grand St. (36)

Float Painted aluminum and steel

281/2 x 84

56 Forrest Myers b.1 941

238 Park Ave. South (6)

Mantis Cor-Ten and stainless steel

102x120x108 illus. p. 57

57 Bruce Nauman b. 1941

167 N. Orange Grove, Pasadena, Calif. (4)

Untitled Wood, composition board, video

camera

144x384

Lent by Dr. and Mrs. Giuseppe Panza

58 Manuel Neri b. 1935

Quay Gallery, 2 Jerome Alley, San Francisco,

Calif.

Five Stages of Percopolis Fiberglas, metal

and wood

Eachunit24x36x11/2 illus. p. 12

59. Isamu Noguchi b 1904

33-38 10th St., Long Island City, N.Y. (7)
Woman with Holes II Marble
40x21x16 illus. p. 14

60 Kenneth Noland b. 1 924

South Shaftsbury, Vt. (30)
Jenny Oak, steel, bronze
168x192x971/4

61 Claes Oldenburg b.1929
404 E. 14th St. (18)

Sculpture: Trowel II, Scale A, Blue
Aluminum, enamel, wood, earth
96 x 24 x 26

54 Ree Morton b.1 936

1826 Chelsea Rd., Melrose Park, Pa.
No Title Wood
14x120x24 illus. p. 52

62 Dennis Oppenheim b.1 938

John Gibson Gallery, 27 East 67th St. (26)
Aspen Projects Film and related hardware
240x180

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63 Alfonso Ossorio b. 1916

The Creeks, East Hampton, N.Y. (7)
Range Mixed media
77x50x28 illus. p. 39

64 Kenneth Price b. 1935

2360 So. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.
(24, 36 and 37)
Untitled Ceramic
3V2 x 27V2 x 83/4

65 Peter Reginato b.1945
60 Greene St. (8)

La Pompelle Steel
191/2x 22x22 illus. p. 20

66 George Rickey b. 1907

East Chatham, N.Y. (34)

Two Planes Vertical Horizontal II Stainless

steel

162 (height)

67 Jim Roche b.1 943

514 West 10th St., Dallas, Texas (5)
Transvestite Mama Ceramic, lacquer
60 (height)

68 Dorothea Rockburne

126 Chambers St.

Sign Chipboard, graphite, paper, oil

(Size variable)

69 Robert Rohm b. 1934

26 Lake St., Wakefield, R.I. (17)

Untitled-March 8 (Horizontal Center Hold)

Rope

96x240x36 illus. p. 41

70 Allen Ruppersberg b. 1944

7507 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.

Four dinners from "Al's Cafe" Mixed

media

4 units, each 12 (diameter)

Lent by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

71 BettyeSaarb.1929

8074 Willow Glen Rd., Los Angeles, Calif.
Omen Mixed media
13 x 9% x 23/4

72 Lucas Samaras b. 1 936
52 W. 71st St. (25)

Chair Transformations Mixed media
(Size variable) illus. p. 28

73 ItaloScanga b.1932

2225 Menlo Ave., Glenside, Pa.
Untitled Wood, soap, horn, glass
12x32x24 illus. p. 48

74 George Segal b. 1924

RFD #4 Davidson Mills Rd., North Brunswick,
N.J. (18)

Man on Scaffold Plaster, wood, metal
144x96x60 illus. p. 29

75 Richard Serrab. 1939

319 Greenwich Ave. (4)
7o Encircle Base Plate. Located at 184th St.
and Webster Ave., Bronx, N.Y. Steel
360 (diameter)

76 Joel Shapiro b. 1941
595 West End Ave. (6)

Shelf Pieces Mixed media
Each unit 12x24x5 illus. p. 53

77 Richard Shaw b. 1944

Stinson Beach, Calif. (28)
Restaurant Piece Mixed media
30 (height)

78 EdShostakb.1941

76 Jefferson St. (14)
Bloomin' Aluminum, wood
72x180x96

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79 George Smith b. 1942

1362 Grand Concourse, Bronx, N.Y. (26)
Immortal Mixed media
72x60 illus. p. 44

80 Tony Smith b. 191 2

66 Stanley Rd., East Orange, N.J. (20)
Untitled Bronze
78x55x78 illus. p. 56

81 Robert Smithson b.1938
799 Greenwich St. (10)

Spiral Jetty at Great Salt Lake, Utah Black
rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (algae)
Coil 1500 feet long by approximately 15 feet
wide illus. p. 63

82 Kenneth Snelson b.1 927

36 W. 26th St. (10)

Mon Fiche Microfilm

19x19x19

83 Keith Sonnierb. 1941

105 Mulberry St. (4)

Untitled. Located on roof at 105 Mulberry St.

Amplified sound

(Size variable) illus. p. 37

84 Michael Steiner b.1945

462 Broome St. (22)

Sepia Vista Cor-Ten steel

91/2x 208x165 illus. p. 17

85 Sylvia Stone b.1 928

138 Prince St.

Green Fall Plexiglas, stainless steel

70x210x60 illus. p. 61

86 Marjorie Strider b.1 935

113 Greene St.

Window Work Urethane foam, Venetian

blinds

57x157x24 illus. p. 49

87 George Sugarman b.1 91 2
21 Bond St.

Model for Trio Upson Board
27x81x32 illus. p. 19

88 Michael Tetherow b.1 942

67 Greene St.
No title Steel
96x48

89 Mike Todd b.1 935

172 Neptune St., Encinitas, Calif.
Chui Aluminum
94x164x122 illus. p. 62

90 Anne Truitt b.1 921

3506 35th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (1 1 )
Landfall Painted wood
72 x 24 x 24

91 DeWain Valentine b.1 936

69 Market St., Venice, Calif. (1 )
Concave Circle Cast polyester resin
94x94x12 illus. p. 58

92 Richard Van Buren b.1 937

262 Bowery (3)

Untitled Mixed media

111x180x50 illus. p. 23

93 Ellen Van Fleet b.1 944

Department of Visual Arts, University of
California, San Diego, LaJolla, Calif.
Wall Weaving Mixed media
68x132x56 illus. p. 42

94 Peter Voulkos b.1 924

1306 Third St., Berkeley, Calif. (28)
Untitled Bronze, aluminum
96 (height)

95 H. C. Westermann b.1 922

Box 28, Brookfield Center, Conn. (13)
Phantom in a Wooden Garden Wood
28x361/2 x18% illus. p. 38

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96 William T.Wiley b.1 937

Box 654, Woodacre, Calif. (13)

Outrageous Extension Peace Mixed media

48x123x23 illus. p. 50

97 Christopher Wilmarth b.1 943

144WoosterSt. (6)

Second Everly Glass, metal

12x168x18 illus. p. 48

98 May Wilson b.1 905

208 W. 23rd St.

The Chiropractor's Wife

15x16x6 illus. p. 32

Mixed media

99 Jacqueline Winsor b. 1941
141 Canal St.
Double Circle Hemp
19x56x56 illus. p. 34

Manuel Neri Five Stages of Percopolis

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galleries collections

1 Ace, Los Angeles Mrs. Robert M. Benjamin

2 Grace Borgenicht Gallery Mr. and Mrs. David Bermant

3 Bykert Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art

4 Leo Castelli Gallery Dr. and Mrs. Giuseppe Panza

5 A Clean Well Lighted Place, Austin, Texas

6 Paula Cooper Gallery

7 Cordier & Ekstrom Inc.

8 Tiborde Nagy Gallery

9 Dorsky Gallery

10 Dwan Gallery

11 Andre Emmerich Gallery

12 Fishbach Gallery

13 Allan Frumkin Gallery

14 Noah Goldowsky Gallery and Richard Bellamy

15 John Gibson Gallery

16 Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco

17 O.K. Harris Works of Art

18 Sidney Janis Gallery

19 Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit

20 M. Knoedler&Co., Inc.

21 Lo Giudice Gallery, Chicago

22 Marlborough Gallery

23 Milgo Art Systems

24 Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles

25 Pace Gallery

26 Reese Palley

27 Perls Gallery

28 Quay Gallery, San Francisco

29 Stephen Radich Gallery

30 Lawrence Rubin Gallery

31 Bertha Schaefer Gallery

32 Sonnabend Gallery

33 SperoneGalleria, Milan

34 Staempfli Gallery

35 M. E. Thelen Gallery, Cologne

36 Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco

37 David Whitney Gallery

38 Zabriskie Gallery

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Isamu Noguchi Woman with Holes II

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Mary Frank Soul Catcher

Marilyn Lerner Images of Puerto Rico

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Michael Steiner Sepia Vista

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Melvin Edwards Homage to Coco

George Sugarman Model for Trio

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Peter Reginato La Pompelle

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Seymour Lipton Bed

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Jean Linder Dome Number 1

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Richard Van Buren Untitled

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Jackie Ferrara Untitled

Louise Bourgeois Noir Veine

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Robert Graham Untitled

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David Gilhooley Battle of the Angels

opposite
John De Andrea Reclining Figure

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George Segal Man on Scaffold

Lucas Samaras Chair Transformations

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Duane Hanson

Robert Arneson Sinking Brick Plates

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May Wilson The Chiropractor's Wife

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Ira Joel Haber Box with House and Six Trees

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Jacqueline Winsor Double Circle

James Melchert Pattern for a formal a

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Vija Celmins Untitled

H. C. Westermann Phantom in a Wooden Garden

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Alfonso Ossorio Range

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Laurace James Iron Year

Robert Rohm Untitled— March 8, 70 (Horizontal Center Hold)

Ellen Van Fleet Wall Weaving

Nancy Graves Shaman

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George Smith Immortal

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John Duff Tie Piece

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Forrest Myers Mantis

Tony Smith Untitled

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DeWain Valentine Concave Circle

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